Article
Stargazer (stg), new deafness mutant in the Zucker rat.
Laboratory animal science - 1 Dec 1994
Truett G E, Brock J W, Lidl G M, Kloster C A
Abstract excerpt
We describe a new deafness mutant found in the Zucker rat. The mutant phenotype appears to be caused by an autosomal recessive gene, tentatively named stargazer, gene symbol stg. The phenotype is characterized by stargazing, head tossing, drawing back, circling, and hyperactivity, all of which ar...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Cochlea
- Crosses, Genetic
- Deafness
- Disease Models, Animal
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory
- Female
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Zucker
- Rodent Diseases